Black is my new White

for years, the ideal 911 color for me has been white, and the ideal 911 has been the 87-88 G50 Carrera coupe. Two years ago, I sold my nearly perfect white '88 to add capital to my business. This year, I started looking for a replacement.

What a difference a couple of years makes! The cars are now incredibly rare. After a couple of months of frustration, I found a black 1987 coupe. Having owned a black car in the past (not a Porsche), I swore never to do so again because the are so incredibly hard to keep clean. But this car was very nice--104K miles, very straight (a high quality repaint) spoilers, very nice Fuchs. So I bought it and drove it home from Kansas City to Seattle.

And you know what? After several months, I'm really liking the black. Changes the whole look of the car--much more sinister. Unfortunately, the sun really brings out the micro-scratches in the paint, but the sun never shines here in Seattle anyway.

Pointless thread, perhaps, but hey, if somebody has a white G50 coupe they want to sell, give me a shout!

Terry

[manbridge 74]

Hmm.... my two sporting type cars are black(Alltrac) and white(911).

Maybe I should try for gray next....

[Unobtanium-inc]

I looked for a long time for a white G50 coupe for myself. They are out there, but quite pricey as you already know. I found a Prussian Blue coupe in excellent mechanical shape but needing a complete interior, lots of electrical work and paint/body. I had Ray at BTO Autoworks do a bare metal, glass-out respray in Grand Prix White. I know it will hurt the value someday, but don't care. It's gorgeous. Sadly it's sleeping the winter away right now.- Matt

[Jack Olsen]

White might be easier to keep clean. But black is more fun to get dirty.

[Jim Richards]

You guys really lust for Aubergine.

Congrats on the new car, Terry!

[weseeeee]

Congrats on your new car Terry. I have a couple black cars and I love them. Living down south I try to keep mine waxed to protect the paint. I think it also helps keep them clean. Good luck.

[r-mm]

I looked for a coupe for a while and really felt I "settled" for white. Almost every other color shows off the curves better in my opinion. I like earlier chrome trim cars in white, and love 60's sportscars of all stripes, especially italians, in white, but the plastic trim impact bumper cars... still not my first choice. I do love everything else about it though!

Red interior really sold me.

Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

White might be easier to keep clean. But black is more fun to get dirty.

Very cool video, Jack, and I can't imagine amore beautiful car and garage.

Terry

[Jack Olsen]

Thank you!